You shouldn't read "The Handmaid's Tale" It will just make your head all asplodey.

You really really really should try Sandman. You could probably read "Dream Country" (Vol3) without any other background, to see what you think. It really is a tremendous series.

I am truly shocked that you have not read Small Gods or Going Postal. Because that must mean you haven't read any Discworld, which boggles my mind. Terry Pratchett is a genius. Enjoy him before he loses his mind to Alzheimers. :(

The Farseer Trilogy is amazing. Absolutely amazing. Robin Hobb also writes as Megan Lindholm, if you're familar with her works.

Sunshine by Robin McKinley is also fantastic. I think she made my top heroines list.

I've read 47 of the books on the list. Whoa. And all of my top 10 made it!

Of course it helped that the parental units kept a wide variety of books of all sort around when we were kids, and there were very few restrictions on which of them we could read.

Lots of the classic sci-fi & fantasy. Think I started on LotR the first time in jr high. Had a 8' long Come to Middle Earth poster on my walls for years...probably still rolled up in the back of a closet somewhere.

Of course now this has added to my to read list. To be added to the 25+ already stacked up on my coffee table at the moment!

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